COURSE UNIT TITLE

: APPLICATIONS OF ACTION RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMM 6063 APPLICATIONS OF ACTION RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IŞIKHAN UĞUREL

Offered to

Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To comprehend the usage places of action research in mathematics education.
To develop an ability to make an action research by comrehending general structure of an action research

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend basic concepts and process of action research.
2   To comprehend usage places of action research in other research motheods in mathematics education.
3   To comprehend the general structure of an action research. To be able to make and present a detailed examination of action research examples in mathematics education.
4   To be able to design and conduct an action research in mathematics education.
5   To be able to report and present results of an action research conducted in mathematics education.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History and some theoretical basis of action research
2 A look for basic concepts in action research. Action research in education.
3 General structure of action research. Types of action research.
4 Examining action research examples conducted in mathematics education.
5 Examining action research examples conducted in mathematics education.
6 Examining action research examples conducted in mathematics education.
7 Midterm presentation and discussion.
8 Writing a brief report about action research examples conducted in mathematics education
9 Planning an action research conducted in mathematics education
10 Identifing participants for the action research conducted in mathematics education
11 Collecting data for the action research conducted in mathematics education
12 Analyzing data of the action research conducted in mathematics education
13 Discussing the findings and the results oh the action research conducted in mathematics education
14 Planning an action research conducted in mathematics education, preparing a pre-report and presenting it.
15 Final presentation.

Recomended or Required Reading

--Johnson, A.P. (2014). Eylem Araştırması El Kitabı, (Çev. Y. Uzuner & M. Özten Anay). Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
--Mclntyre, A. (2008). Participatory Action Research. Qualitative Research Method Series 52, Sage Publication.
--Stringer, E.T. (2014). Action Research. Sage Publication.
--Tomal, D.R. (2010). Action Research for Educator (2nd Ed), Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
--Campbell, A. & Groundwater-Smith, S. (2010). Action Research in Education. Vol I, II and III, Sage Publications.
--Somekh, B. (2005). Action Research (Doing Qualitative Research in Educational Settings), Open University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Learning by the way of Research-Examination, Small group work.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is required.
Individual and group work is done.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

isikhan.ugurel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 10 1 10
Preparation for final exam 10 1 10
Preparation for quiz etc. 5 4 20
Preparing assignments 5 4 20
Preparing presentations 5 4 20
Design Project 70 1 70
Final 3 1 3
Midterm 2 1 2
Quiz etc. 5 1 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 238

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15433
LO.25433
LO.35344
LO.4554324
LO.55543544